Religion
Book VI, 280
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Timareta, the daughter of Timaretus, before her wedding, hath dedicated to thee, Artemis of the lake, her tambourine and her pretty ball, and the eaul that kept up her hair, and her dolls, too, and their dresses ; a virgin’s gift, as is ft, to virgin? Dian. But, daughter of Leto, hold thy hand over the girl, and purely keep her in her purity.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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